NG
Sorry - that's just 'churnalism' isn't it? Because the death toll is only being officially reported as 1, that means it isn't a story? Don't do any original journalism of your own? Don't believe what you are seeing? In the early days of natural disasters experience tells you that death tolls are no guide to the severity of what is to come.
The pictures appearing well before Daybreak was off-air told you that the death toll was going to be huge - even in a developed country. It was clear this was a huge story of major significance.
Breakfast realised this.
I do find 'Lorraine' a little disappointing though, the whole point of going live daily was so that it can be more topical instead of what shade of lipstick to wear with your shoes.
Difficult. If you consider Lorraine part of Daybreak, then it should have been pulled completely, and decent coverage of the events in Japan continued.
If you don't consider it part of Daybreak, or you don't consider 0600-0930(ish) a News service on ITV, then Lorraine should have carried on ignoring the events in Japan (though being sensitive to crass stuff that would cause offence in context)
That's a decision for ITV to take.
noggin
Founding member
Sorry, just to clarify my national emergency comment, at the time the story was just breaking and there was nothing to add other than earthquake, where, what size. Only one person had been confirmed dead when Daybreak came off air. That's why I think the balance was right, because the scale wasn't apparent until later in the morning. Hindsight sometimes doesn't work too favourably.
Sorry - that's just 'churnalism' isn't it? Because the death toll is only being officially reported as 1, that means it isn't a story? Don't do any original journalism of your own? Don't believe what you are seeing? In the early days of natural disasters experience tells you that death tolls are no guide to the severity of what is to come.
The pictures appearing well before Daybreak was off-air told you that the death toll was going to be huge - even in a developed country. It was clear this was a huge story of major significance.
Breakfast realised this.
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I do find 'Lorraine' a little disappointing though, the whole point of going live daily was so that it can be more topical instead of what shade of lipstick to wear with your shoes.
Difficult. If you consider Lorraine part of Daybreak, then it should have been pulled completely, and decent coverage of the events in Japan continued.
If you don't consider it part of Daybreak, or you don't consider 0600-0930(ish) a News service on ITV, then Lorraine should have carried on ignoring the events in Japan (though being sensitive to crass stuff that would cause offence in context)
That's a decision for ITV to take.